The king answered the people roughly, and forsook the counsel of the old men which they had given him,
KJV
And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men’s counsel that they gave him;
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And the king answered the people roughly,.... In a blustering manner, gave them hard words and severe menaces, being worked up to such a spirit by his young counsellors:
and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him: to give them good words and kind promises.
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